"If someone doesn't hate what you're doing - you're not doing very well."

“We counted over a million lines of code that we allege are infringed in the Linux kernel today.”

“See now, how men lay blame upon us gods for what is after all nothing but their own folly.”

“Faith is the only known cure for fear.”

“It's very hard to be an artist, on my first album, and I'm like asking for money for a music video for every song - it's so hard to do. You have to pick your battles for sure, but I definitely want - and I've always worked to make it all connect - for all of it to feel cohesive.”

“Thank God for you, Ender. Thank God.”

“Very few of us are capable of being Free Thinkers, needing neither to adore nor to insult God, the insult often being an act of faith more profound than adoration.”

“I think Twitter is such a cool thing because it really is a direct line to the fans and for fans back to you, and it's such a new thing. I think in the past there's been usually fan mail and that's really good, but Twitter, it gets an immediate response.”

“Life's splendor forever lies in wait about each one of us in all its fullness, but veiled from view, deep down, invisible, far off. It is there, though, not hostile, not reluctant, not deaf. If you summon it by the right word, by its right name, it will come.”